16Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
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My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. …
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-16)These seem to be the words of the spouse, the church, in answer to the commendations which Christ, the bridegroom, had given of her as a pleasant fruitful garden. Isa. she a garden? I. She owns her dependence upon Christ himself to make this garden fruitful. To him she has an eye (Song 4:15) as the fountain of gardens , not only the founder of them, by whom they are planted and to whom they owe th…
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